washer

IPA: wˈɑʃɝ

Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.
A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.
A person who washes his or her hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
A face cloth.
A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction, provide directionally differentiated friction (e.g. making the nut turn counter-clockwise only with difficulty), or prevent leakage.
A surname.

Examples of "washer" in Sentences

The benefit of the washer is that it easily loops through a carabiner.
The curtains are washed and ironed, and the floor under the washer is clean.
This particular clothes washer is touch pad everything, and is getting no power.
Honestly, for a lot of us singles or small families, a washer is not worth it in more than one way. cpethr
We ended up buying a GE front-loading pair, and they work like a charm (so quiet -- you can barely tell the washer is on!).
Big steamshovels dug up the ore and loaded it onto the cars and brought it into what they called the washer, where it was washed.
My SIL who has these old washer and drier at her house and whose standard of cleaning are MUCH higher than mine says that her washer is very effective.
I think I've also convinced T that a front-loader washer is the way to go, although the price jump between top-loaders and front-loaders is considerable ($300 or less to $800 or more, just for the washer).